[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21008-21009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9738]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Environmental Assessment Prepared for Proposed Western Gulf Sale 
177 on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the environmental assessment on 
proposed western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 177.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed annual Lease Sale 177 
for the Western Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental 
Shelf.
    In this EA, MMS has reexamined the potential environmental effects 
of the proposed action and alternatives based on any new information 
regarding potential impacts and issues that were not available at the 
time the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Lease Sales 
171, 174, 177, and 180 was prepared.
    In summary, no new significant impacts were identified for proposed 
Lease Sale 177 that were not already assessed in the FEIS for Lease 
Sales 171, 174, 177, and 180. As a result, MMS determined that a 
supplemental EIS is not required and prepared a Finding of No New 
Significant Impact.
    If you wish to comment, you may mail or hand-carry written comments 
to the Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, 
Regional Director (MS-5410), Minerals Management Service, Gulf of 
Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 
70123-2394. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the rulemaking record, which we will honor to 
the extent allowable by law. There may be circumstances in which we 
would withhold from the rulemaking record a respondent's identity, as 
allowable by the law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or 
address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your 
comment. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will make 
all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Information Unit, Information 
Services Section at number below. You may obtain single copies of the 
EA from the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 
Attention: Public Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 Elmwood Park 
Boulevard, Room 114, New Orleans, LA 70123-2394 or by calling 1-800-
200-GULF.


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    Dated: April 13, 2000.
Chris C. Oynes,
Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
[FR Doc. 00-9738 Filed 4-18-00; 8:45 am]
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